There Was An Old Woman by Ellery Queen

Author:Ellery Queen [Queen, Ellery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
Publisher: Stokes
Published: 1943-01-30T04:00:00+00:00

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“Clearer and foggier,” moaned Inspector Queen. “Now we know why the killer of Robert hid two of the fourteen guns Thurlow bought—to use one of ‘em the S. & W., for a second murder.”

“The murder of Mac,” put in Velie, the simplifier.

“That’s certainly the look of it,” Ellery mumbled. “But why did he steal and hide two guns?”

Sergeant Velie’s face fell. “You mean we ain’t through?”

“Of course we ‘ain’t’ through!” snarled his superior. “Two guns missing, one of ‘em turns up in a murder, so what would the killer be doing with the other if he isn’t planning still another killing?”

“A third murder,” Ellery muttered. “Everything points to it. Not only the missing guns .. He shook his head.

“Then we got to find that last gun-the Colt .25 automatic that didn’t turn up,” said the Sergeant with a groan, “or go fishin’ for dreams.”

“Not that finding the missing Colt would necessarily stop a third murder,” Ellery pointed out. “We have no Achilles here, and there are more ways of killing than by an arrow. But finding the missing Colt might uncover a clue to the person who secreted it. By all means search for it. And at once.”

“But where?” whined the Sergeant. “My gosh, we’ve turned this coocoo’s nest upside down, and not only the house but the grounds, too. It’s a pipe to hide a little bitty thing like that vest-pocket Colt in a square block of house and grounds! It would take twelve squads twenty-four weeks—”

The Inspector said: “Find that gun Velie.”

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